" “My plan: Get into the city. Get Nadia. Find a way out. Simple.”A
week ago, seventeen-year-old Lela Santos’s best friend, Nadia, killed
herself. Today, thanks to a farewell ritual gone awry, Lela is standing
in paradise, looking upon a vast gated city in the distance—hell. No one
willingly walks through the Suicide Gates, into a place smothered in
darkness and infested with depraved creatures. But Lela isn’t just
anyone—she’s determined to save her best friend’s soul, even if it means
sacrificing her eternal afterlife.

As Lela struggles to find
Nadia, she’s captured by the Guards, enormous, not-quite-human creatures
that patrol the dark city’s endless streets. Their all-too-human
leader, Malachi, is unlike them in every way except one: his deadly
efficiency. When he meets Lela, Malachi forms his own plan: get her out
of the city, even if it means she must leave Nadia behind. Malachi knows
something Lela doesn’t—the dark city isn’t the worst place Lela could
end up, and he will stop at nothing to keep her from that fate."- From Goodreads.com My Thoughts:Sanctum
takes you on a hellish roller coaster of emotions from the start. Lela
who has grown up in the foster care system, believed no one would love
or want touch, until she is taken to a place you go if you commit
suicide meets the dangerous yet kind Malachi. She is proven wrong. I
love every moment in this world Sarah created. I look forward to the
sequel, see where Lela and Malachi end up next.